diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 0cb6c055..5112ab0e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ MYMETA\.
 tags
 .perl-version
 \.db
+^\.build\b
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index 10c87ada..a8651235 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ run = perl Makefile.PL      ; needed for VersionFromScript above
 
 [GatherDir]                 ; gather files from the dist dir
 include_dotfiles = 1
+prune_directory = ^\.build$
 [ManifestSkip]              ; remove gathered files specified by MANIFEST.SKIP
 [ExecDir]                   ; mark bin as the dir to contain scripts
 [OurPkgVersion]             ; add versions to the packages